They (FBI, DHS) did call them "persons of interest" - nbd, it's all the same On Apr 19, 2013 4:27 PM, "Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes" < [email protected]> wrote:
> Jacob, it's all that and worse, I'm sure. Why wouldn't be any different? > > After all, there has been a terrorist attack in Boston, so one would > expect the state of the art in counter-terrorism in full force here! > On Apr 19, 2013 2:58 PM, "Jacob Appelbaum" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Shava Nerad: >> > I was fascinated today to see Mother Jones and many others reposting, >> > entirely without reflection or comment, what seemed to me to be not >> > "crowdsourced" images but second story surveillance camera shots of the >> FBI >> > suspects. (Who, in addition, are being howled after as guilty until >> proven >> > innocent in this digital manhunt - and thank God the NYPost "exonerated" >> > their suspects before that turned into something ugly...) >> > >> > Well, yes, the FBI is doing their job with the tools available, and as I >> > live in metro Boston I would most healthily STFU... But if this >> incident >> > had happened in London, I can't help but think MJ et al might have >> engaged >> > a moment of reflection and spine in the middle of that process, perhaps? >> >> I find it telling that the local news papers in Seattle referred to >> their photos as 'potential suspects' on the front page. The use of >> language is telling - it suggests that to be suspect is to be guilty. I >> wouldn't be surprised if we saw people using the word potential as a >> subtle replacement for suspect in the near future again and again. >> >> I also find it striking that it looks like de facto martial law has been >> imposed on parts of Boston: >> >> >> >> http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/19/us/gallery/boston-area-violence/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 >> >> Who are all the players in this by the way? The SWAT team in those >> photos looks like a full blown military unit; the vehicles look like >> APC/mini-tanks. The bomb robots look like iRobot produced machines. >> >> I haven't seen any of the radio equipment up close but I'd bet that >> they're pulling out all the stops. I wonder if they'll publish the raw >> logs from the Boston ShotSpotter system? I know they have it deployed >> but I'm not sure if it extended to MIT's campus. >> >> All the best, >> Jacob >> -- >> Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by >> emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> >
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